^{1 Ref} O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

^{2 Ref} Take with you words, and return unto Jehovah: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good: so will we render `as' bullocks `the offering of' our lips.

^{3 Ref} Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, `Ye are' our gods; for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

^{4 Ref} I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.

^{5 Ref} I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

^{6 Ref} His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

^{7 Ref} They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive `as' the grain, and blossom as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.

^{8 Ref} Ephraim `shall say', What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir-tree; from me is thy fruit found.

^{9 Ref} Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.

^{1 Ref} Turn back, O Israel, unto Jehovah thy God, For thou hast stumbled by thine iniquity.

^{2 Ref} Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah, Say ye unto Him: `Take away all iniquity, and give good, And we do render the fruit of our lips.

^{3 Ref} Asshur doth not save us, on a horse we ride not, Nor do we say any more, Our God, to the work of our hands, For in Thee find mercy doth the fatherless.'

^{4 Ref} I heal their backsliding, I love them freely, For turned back hath Mine anger from him.

^{5 Ref} I am as dew to Israel, he flourisheth as a lily, And he striketh forth his roots as Lebanon.

^{6 Ref} Go on do his sucklings, And his beauty is as an olive, And he hath fragrance as Lebanon.

^{7 Ref} Return do the dwellers under his shadow, They revive `as' corn, and flourish as a vine, His memorial `is' as wine of Lebanon.

^{8 Ref} O Ephraim, what to Me any more with idols? I -- I afflicted, and I cause him to sing: `I `am' as a green fir-tree,' From Me is thy fruit found.

^{9 Ref} Who `is' wise, and doth understand these? Prudent, and knoweth them? For upright are the ways of Jehovah, And the righteous go on in them, And the transgressors stumble therein!